Improved medicine



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ABEL MESSEX, OF WAYNESBQRO, GEORGIA.

Letters Pate n t No. 62,282, dated February 19, 1867.

IMPROVED MEDICINE.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: i

Be it known that I, ABEL MESSEX, of Waynesboro, in the county of Burke,'in the State of Georgia, have discovered a new and improved Composition, Mixture, or Medicine for the cure of small-pox; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, to wit:

1. One pint of tea. made from root species of galium, (Galium trzlfidun z.)

2. One pint of tea. made from root of holly.

3. One pint of tee made from china brier root.

4. One gallon tea, made of root'of l'ed sassafras.

Mix all the above teas together. For an adult give every four hours two'tablespoonsful, mixed with double the quantity of warm Water; for children over twelve years of age the same quantity; children under twelve,

one tablespoonful. All of the above roots grow abundantly in Georgia, and are presumed, also, to grow in any southern State or warm climate. I

What I claim as my discovery, and desire to secure by Letters Petent, is-

The composition, mixture, or medicine above described for the cure of small-pox, which is made by following substantially the directions and descriptions above setforth.

ABEL MESSE'X.

Witnesses:

JOHN J. Jones, J 01m 1 ATTAWAY. 

